Tally ho! Hip Hip! And Bernard's your uncle! (An English greeting used during WW I, its exact translation is "Hello!") Before I start this chapter, I'd like to tell you about what I said at the end of the last chapter. This story will become dark, but not until chapter 14. This chapter is quite dark near the end, but it is nothing compared to what will happen in chapter 14! I have a very powerful dark side, and when I write about evil, I tend to go a bit nuts and go over the top with evil (No reason, I thought I'd just bring this point up)

Disclaimer: I do not own Xiaolin Showdown

Xiaolin Showdown: The Legend of the Thunder Child

12: Shen Gong Raid

"What's going on!" said Master Fung as he, Omi, Clay and Raimundo came running out of the temple.

"We're under attack!" screamed Dojo as he came shooting out of the vault. Ryan grabbed Dojo before he managed to crawl away to hid.

"Who did this?" said Kimiko as Dojo squirmed in Ryan's hand,

"It was! It was! Ugh…"

Dojo's body went limp as he fainted in his hands.

"Quick!" shouted Omi as he ran towards the vault "We must secure the Wu!"

They all charged towards the vault, when suddenly someone called to them, "Well…If it isn't the four Xiaolin Losers, plus one…"

They all stopped and looked up on the vault roof, there was a black figure standing up there looking down at them, she had glowing eyes, a long black tail and had a large bag on her back.

"Katnappè!" gasped Kimiko.

"That's right!" laughed Katnappè "It will take more than an extra monk to stop me!"

"Shut up!" yelled Ryan "Return the Shen Gong Wu or else!"

"Or else what!" taunted Katnappè

"Thunder Ball! Lighting!" shouted Ryan as he leaped into the air at Katnappè, closely followed by the others.

"Judellet Flip! Fire!"

"Typhoon Boom! Wind!"

"Tornado Strike! Water!"

"Seismic Kick! Earth!"

The five of them flew at the cat burglar, each of them brandishing their elements. Ryan was first to land on the roof, and with a swift movement of his arms, he aimed his attack at her. But something happened to him, he suddenly felt faint. His arm that was hit by the piece of wood from the explosion began to hurt like hell; he lost his balance and toppled over sideways, falling off the roof. Katnappè laughed as she watched Ryan hit the ground. She then looked up at the other monks who were jumping towards her. Kimiko was flying through the air with embers falling from her body, Omi had a swirling ball of water flowing around him, Raimundo had a mini tornado blowing around him and Clay had his fists in the air, ready to pulverise Kattnappè. But before they were able to hit her, she skilfully back flipped, evading each of the monk's attack.

"I'd love to stand here and watch you leap about…" said Katnappè as she reached into the bag on her back and pulled out a black handle with a blue orb on top, "But Chase wants me to deliver your Wu to him, Shard of Lightning!"

There was a flash of light and Katnappè disappeared.

"Ryan!" called Kimiko as she looked over the roof, looking down at him, "Are you okay?"

"Ryan looked up as he lay motionless on the ground.

"Oww…" he groaned as he lifted up his head up.

"Yo, Ryan! You screwed up!" said Raimundo as Kimiko jumped down to Ryan's side and tried to help him to his feet, "What happened to you back there?"

"I don't know" groaned Ryan as he stood up, "I felt faint, my arm began to hurt and I fell over sideways…"

"We need to see what Wu was stolen by that dirty snake had stolen!" said Clay leapt off the roof and ran in to the vault.

"Are you sure you are okay?" said Kimiko as she ran a hand over his shoulder.

"I'm fine" said Ryan as he brushed the dirt off his clothes.

"Ryan!" called Raimundo as he bent over Dojo's body.

"Dojo!" said Ryan as he and Kimiko ran to Raimundo's side, "Are you okay?"

"Ugh…" groaned Dojo "What happened?"

"We were attack by Katnappè and you fainted" said Kimiko

Master Fung approached them and picked up Dojo.

"So, what's the damage?" said Ryan

"It is as not as bad as it seems, young monks" said Master Fung

"She made off with the Shard of Lightning" said Clay as he ran out of the vault, "The Sphere of Yun and the Tangle Web Comb"

"Oh, that's not…too bad" said Ryan

"Master Fung!" shouted Omi as he ran out of the vault waving his hands "There is another Wu missing!"

"Calm down, little partner!" said Clay "Which one?"

"The Shadow of Fear!"

"Uh oh…" gasped Kimiko.

"It is obvious that Chase is up to something…" said Master Fung as he walked into the vault.

"Well Duh!" said Raimundo "When isn't he plotting to take over the world?"

"We must prepare for what ever he may toss at us" said Omi

"Throw at us, Omi" said Kimiko.

"But how do we do that?" said Ryan

"I will go and try to find some info on the Shadow of Fear" said Dojo "There is probably something about it that we don't know, but Chase does…"

They all left the vault and walked over to the temple.

"Well…We can't do anything now…" yawned Clay "Let's hope that Chase doesn't try to invade our dreams tonight…"

Raimundo, Clay, Omi and Dojo nodded in agreement as they walked off towards the dormitory, leaving Ryan, Kimiko and Master Fung in the courtyard.

"Kimiko, you look concerned…" said Master Fung. Kimiko looked up at Ryan, and then looked down at the ground and sighed.

"I'm fine…" said Kimiko in a quite voice.

"Err…Ryan…" said Kimiko as Master Fung walked away from them, "About the kiss…I'm sorry, I sort of lost control…"

Ryan smiled as he held her hand in his.

"Don't worry about it…" said Ryan as he lifted her head up with his hand, Kimiko smiled at him as she placed her hand in his hands and ran the other over his shoulder.

"Thank you Ryan" said Kimiko as she hugged him. Ryan smiled back as he hugged back; he then turned around and walked off towards the dormitory.

Ryan was about to walk into the dormitory, when his arm began to ache again, but this time it was worse.

"Whoa…" groaned Ryan "I feel faint again…"

He grasped his arm and collapsed onto his knees.

"Ryan!" gasped Kimiko. She shot her hand out to stop him from falling over; she suddenly noticed that the hand that she ran over Ryan's shoulder with was covered in blood. She gasped as she looked on the floor; there was a trail of blood leading to Ryan. She ran up beside him and tried to help him up, his green t-shirt was a sickly, dark red colour, dripping with blood.

"Master Fung!" cried Kimiko "Ryan! His arm!"

"I'm…fine…It's just…A scratch…" mumbled Ryan as he toppled over sideways, hitting the floor with a loud thud.

Master Fung came running towards them; he noticed Ryan was on the floor, blood was flowing from his arm.

"We need to get him to the medical room!" said Master Fung as he lifted Ryan up, "What happened?"

"I don't know!" panicked Kimiko, "He just collapsed!"

They burst into the Medical room, and Master Fung laid Ryan on one of the beds.

Master Fung removed his shirt; Kimiko gasped as she saw that there was a large gash all the way down the upper part of his left arm.

"What happened?" though Kimiko as tears began to form in her eyes,

"This is bad, he's lost a lot of blood" said Master Fung "I can stop the bleeding…but I hope it isn't too late…"

Master Fung bent over Ryan and began to wrap bandages around his arm.

"You mean…" gasped Kimiko "He could…"

Master Fung sighed as he rested a hand on her shoulder and left the room, leaving Kimiko standing there, shocked.

"No…" though Kimiko as her tears began falling down her face "No! You can't…die…"

UXD: Do you want to know how dark and depressing I could make this story in the next chapter? Ryan and Kimiko shared their first kiss only moments ago, what if I let Ryan die? How would Kimiko feel? Heh Heh Heh...BWAH HA HA HA!

(Yamato runs up behind UXD and whacks him around the back of the head with a baseball bat, UXD is now lying on the ground in a dazed state)

UXD: Ugh…(Gets up from floor, rubbing his head) Thanks for that Yamato, a few more moments like that and who knows what evil I could of done!

Yamato: No problem!

(DeafLizgon and Hanbags walk in and finds UXD on the floor and Yamato with a baseball bat)

DeafLizgon: Oh my god! Did you just hit UXD on the head?

Yamato: Err…Yes…

(DeafLizgon drags Yamato out the room; Hanbags stands over the still dazed UXD)

Hanbags: Hey! UXD? (Gives him a kick to check if he is dead) You okay?

UXD: I've just been hit around the head with a bat! Of course I'm okay! I have a head like a concrete brick! Hmm…Now then…Where was I?

(Yamato comes running into the room again)

Yamato: Let me refresh you memory…(Raises bat above head)

UXD: No! No! I've remembered! R&R everyone! Give your opinion on Ryan and Kimiko! Bye!